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"Tentatively Certain"
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Read my poem, "Mom's Beauty."
Read my poem, "Toady." I also created the cover art.
Read my poem: "Ode to Spring Soil."
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It’s National Poetry Month #NPM #NaPoWriMo
Happy 2019 National Poetry Month Oh my butterfly how I pine for your sight, ponder on by and pay me a visit soon, don’t make me wait till june… © 2019 Michelle Kogan I’ll be writing poems inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NPM, 2019, animals, Art, Art and Poetry, Butterfly, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Monarch, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, Tanka, thoughts, Waiting, Watercolor, watercolor pencils, Writing
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Haikuforhealing/sketch: Winter Solstice
the white of winter’s first day surrounds and blankets the soil storing strength. © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, drawing, First Day of Winter, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, sketch, snow, soil, strength, watercolor pencils, white, winter, Winter Solstice
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We’re having an Exhibit: Wonders of Watercolor
Join me this Friday evening for the opening reception of my Student’s Exhibit: Wonders of watercolor 2016, at the Evanston Art Center.
In between poem and painting in progress for day 10 NaPoWriMo
Above: Work in progress, Michelle Kogan, In between, watercolor and watercolor pencil. In Between In between not quite done, In between layers, colors, students, seasons, In between expectations, greatness, humility, humbleness, Catch your breath, hone your path, hold tight, steady, focus … Continue reading
Happy New Year from Chicago!
Peace and All the Best for 2013!
Michelle Kogan’s Art is Featured this Week on Harold Underdown’s FB cover photo
This week I am happy to have my art featured as the cover photo on Harold Underdown’s FB page. Harold is a children’s book editor and the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books. It’s a great … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches
Tagged Art, Art Instruction, Art Instructor, Children's Illustration, Children's Illustration & Writing, Harold Underdown, Harold Underdown's FB cover photo, illustration, info on michelle's painting process, Lurie Garden Millennium Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, painting process, Plein air Classes, Plein Air Painting, teaching, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, Watercolor, Watercolor Classes, Watercolor Painting, watercolor pencils
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Ready for an Early Winter Retreat, Join one of My Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center and Lincoln Park Conservatory…
Take a Chicago Winter Retreat by joining one of my Art Classes they begin the week of January 7th, 2013 at the Evanston Art Center and the Lincoln Park Conservatory. All level students are welcome. And if you haven’t found … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, art class, Art Classes, Art Instruction, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, figure painting, lincoln park conservatory, Michelle Kogan Winter Art Classes, nature, Painting, Plein Air, Plein Air at the lincoln Park Conservatory, Plein Air Painting, Plein Air Painting and Drawing, The Figure: Creating a Body of Work, The Studio Artist, Vibrant Watercolors with Tubes & Pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, Winter Retreats
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Happy Thanksgiving from a Wild Feathered Friend…
Peace & Thanksgiving Greetings from a Chicago Wild Turkey!
Posted in Holidays, Nature
Tagged Art, birds, chicago, friends, nature, Painting, peace, Thanksgiving, turkey, Watercolor, watercolor pencils, wild feathered friend, wild turkey
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New Halloween and Black-capped Chickadee Card Available in my Etsy Shop
BOO! Happy Halloween… Here are two new cards available in my Etsy Shop http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com The Halloween card is called, Boo! Halloween 2012 and I’ve included a couple of the characters that influenced the card. The card below is from … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Halloween, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, Black Capped Chickadee, black cat, classes, drawing, Etsy, Evanston Art Center, Halloween Card, Happy Halloween, Hydrangea, MichelleKoganFineArt, moon, nature, New Fall Cards 2012, Painting, Plein Air, pumpkin, scarecrow, Watercolor, watercolor cards, watercolor pencils, Witches
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 